Contact Information Email: lboyd23@csu.edu Office: WSC - 234

Education B.S.,  Chicago State University M.S., University of North Carolina Wilmington Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Hobbies and Interests Physical fitness programs, volunteering, music(all kinds), reading, and travel(everywhere)

 

Research Interests

My areas of interest are in the creation of quantum-based biosensors to identify changes in biological systems and in the study of surface chemistry to comprehend surface modification to create nanoscale instruments for the use of quantum computing and biosensing. The development of nanoscale medications based on natural products for the examination and analysis of triple-negative breast cancer in women is one of the other research interest.

Representative  Publications             

Gonzalez-Zapata, N., Boyd, L., Rivas, R., Shao, L., Prieto-Garcia, J., Gonzalez-Cardenete,
M.A. Antiproliferative optimization of the abietane diterpenoid ferruginol by introducing an amino group: 18-aminoferruginol. Publication Submitted 

Gonzalez-Cardemte, M.A., Gonzalez-Zapata, N., Boyd, L., Rivas, R. Discovery of novel
bioactive tanshinones and carnosol analogues against breast cancer. Cancers, 2023, 15(4), 1318.

Ling, T., Boyd, L., Rivas, F. Triterpenoids as Reactive Oxygen Species Modulators of Cell
Fate. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2022, 35(4), 569-84. 

Representative Presentations Boyd, L., Rivas, R. Discovery of novel bioactive tanshinones and carnosol analogues against breast cancer. National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCCHE) September 2024 National Conference, Medicinal Chemistry, September 31-October 4, 2024, Orlando, Florida.

Gonzalez-Cardemte, M.A., Gonzalez-Zapata, N., Boyd, L., Rivas, R. Discovery of novel bioactive tanshinones and carnosol analogues against breast cancer. ACS 2024 Spring National Conference, Medicinal Chemistry, March 17-21, 2024, New Orleans, New Orleans.

Boyd, L. “Developing novel liposomal Drug Delivery Systems to Address the Challenges of the physicochemical properties of Steroidal Natural Products,” Drug Discovery and Development Colloquium, July 2022, virtual poster.

Boyd, L., Jones, L., Grubbs, R. “Mechanistic Approaches and Elucidation of Aliskiren: A Hypertension Drug,” ILSAMP Student Presentations, Purdue University, Indiana, October 2014.

Asante, A., Boyd, L., Darkwa, J., Nkansah, A. “(Pyrazol-1-ylmethyl) Pyridine Nickel and Palladium: Organometallics Synthesis”, ILSAMP Student Presentations, CSU, Chicago, Illinois, October 2013.

Memberships

• ACS – American Chemical Society
• NOBCChE – National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
• ASM – American Society for Microbiology

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